Ukrainian parl work blocked by members of Party of Regions
13:07, 24 July 2009
KIEV. July 24. KAZINFORM Members of the Party of Regions have blocked the rostrum of the Supreme Rada, an extraordinary meeting of which is planned for this Friday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The demarche is connected with the demand to consider first of all the bill to raise the subsistence minimum and the minimum wage.
A representative of Yulia Timoshenko's Bloc Valery Pisarenko said the Party of Regions was not ready to work constructively.
The conciliation council has met to reach a compromise over the agenda, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.